| argumentative |
given to quarrels, debate, or violent clashes of opinion, often without a cause; contentious. |
| assumption |
something that is supposed or believed without questioning. For example, if you ask someone whether she is allowed to watch TV during dinner, you have made an assumption that there is a TV in her house. Assumptions are ideas people have that are not based on proven facts. An assumption can be correct or incorrect. |
| authentic |
real, genuine, or true. |
| climate |
the usual weather conditions in a place. |
| contrite |
feeling deep guilt for one's wrongdoing or shortcoming and desiring to make amends for it; remorseful; repentant. |
| inseparable |
impossible or difficult to divide or to conceive of apart; tending to remain together. |
| insider |
one with privileged knowledge or access to it. |
| interact |
to respond to one another in a social situation. |
| jeer |
to remark in a loud, mocking, abusive manner. |
| psychological |
of or having to do with psychology. |
| secondary |
not first in importance or value; less important. |
| skulk |
to hide or wait in hiding; lurk. |
| tolerate |
to allow or accept; not oppose or attack. |
| toll2 |
a charge for using a bridge or a road. |
| vicinity |
an area near or around a place; somewhere nearby. |